Combined cigar-cutter and match-box.



0 F. J. AAGLAND.

COMBINED CIGAR CUTTER AND MATCH BOX. Q

APPLICATION FILED IEB.7,190B.

PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

2 sums-$113M 1.

No- 896,263. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. F. J. AAG-LAND. COMBINED CIGARCUTTER AND MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION IIL D E .7 190B.

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Wit" eaoeo FRED J. AAGLAND, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED CIGAR-CUTTER AND MATCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed February 7, 1908. Serial No. 414,751.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED J. AAGLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedCigar-Cutter and Hatch-Box, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar cutters andinatch boxes;and it consists of the novel features of construction and thecombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical deviceof this character which when operated will simultaneously cut the end ofa cigar and deliver a single match.

The above and other objects of the invention are attained in itspreferred embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved combined cigar cutter andmatch box; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section; Figs. 3 and 4 arevertical transverse sections taken respectively on the planes indicatedby the lines 38 and 4-4 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of thematch box or receptacle showing its cover removed.

In the drawings 1 denotes the body or casing of the device which may beof any suitable form and construction and which as shown issubstantially rectangular in shape and made of metal. The bottom 2 ofthe casing or box 1 is in the form of a removable slide mounted insuitable guides 3 and adapt ed to be drawn longitudinally or endwise outof the casing to permit of ready access to the parts within the latterand to permit of the removal 4 of the cigar clippings which fall fromthe cutting device hereinafter described. Rising from the top of thecasing or box 1 are two hollow uprights 4;, 5, at the upper end of thelatter of which is arranged a match box or receptacle 6.

The upright or standard 4 is formed with a cylindrical bore or openingto slidably receive a cylindrical tubular plunger 7 which serves as theoperating member for the device. This plunger 7 is formed at a suitablepoint with an opening 8 having a beveled edge which provides a cigarcutting knife 9 and which is adapted to move past an open ing 10 formedin the upright 4 for the reception of the end of a cigar. The lower endof the plunger 7 extends into the casing 1 and is bifurcated to receivea lever 11, to which lat ter it is pivoted as at 12.- The lever 11 isfulcrumed at one of its ends, as shown at 13, upon one end of the casing1 and its other end is pivoted at 14 in the bifurcated lower end of avertical slide 15 arranged in the upright 5. A coil spring 16 is alsoarranged in the standard 5 and has one end connected to the latter andits other end connected to the lower portion of the slide 15 wherebysaid slide, said lever, and said plunger are held. in their elevatedposition shown in Fig. 2. Upon the projecting upper end of the plunger 7is a suitable operating handle 17 which, in the drawings, is shown inthe form of a clowns head to attract attention but which may be of anyother suitable form and construction. It will be observed that when theplunger or push rod 7 is forced downwardly, the knife 9 willtravelacross the opening 10 to sever the end of a cigar inserted in saidopening and when released the spring 16 will elevate the slide, leverand plunger to their normal position.

The match box 6 is preferably of rectangular shape and has a taperedbottom formed by curving or inclining the inner faces of its side wallsinwardly and downwardly toward each other as shown at 18 in Fig. 2. Theupper end of the slide 15, which latter is in the form of a flat plate,is adapted to reciprocate through the box or receptacle 6 and to haveits upper end project through a slot or opening 19 formed in a removablecover or lid 20 arranged upon the top of the match box. Said upper endof the slide 15 is formed with a centrally disposed, longitudinallyextending groove or channel 21. of such size as to receive a singlematch and the opposite edges of said upper end of the slide are beveleddownwardly and outwardly in opposite directions as indicated at 22 sothat but a single match can be supported and elevated by said slide. Itwill be seen that when the plunger or push rod 7 is forced downwardlythe groove 21 in the top of the slide will be lowered to the taperedbottom of the match box and when'said plunger is released and the spring16 returns the slide to its elevated position, the latter will pick asingle match from the contents of the match box and lift it through aslot 19 in the cover 20 so that it may be readily removed by the personwho operated the plunger or push ranged within the casing an slide 15 ofless ing a removable filler plate or block 23 between one end of thematch box and one of the vertical edges of the slide, as clearly shownin Figs. 2 and 5. The filler member 23 is retained in position by apivoted catch 24 upon the top of the adjacent end wall of the box 6.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when a person desires a match orto clip the end of his cigar, the latter is inserted in the opening 10in the standard 4 and the handle or head 17 of the plunger or push rod 7is forced downwardly. This operation carries the knife 9 across theopening 10 to sever the end of the cigar and also carries the groovedtop of the match delivery slide down to the bottom of the match boxsothat one of the matches in the latter lodges in the groove in saidslide. When the handle or head 17 is released the spring 16 restores theparts to their normal position and the grooved upper end of the slide 15projects out of the slot in the cover 20 so that the match may bereadily removed. I preferably provide a. match striking surface 25 uponthe'top of the cover 20 or upon an other suitable portion of the deviceand, if desired, I may suitably ornament and place advertising matterupon any part of the device.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. The combination of a rectangular casing, a tubular upright risingfrom one end of the same, a horizontally dis osed lever arpivoted at theother end of the latter, a guide upon the top of the casing adjacent tothe ivoted end of the lever, a plunger arrange in said rude and havingits lower. end pivoted to the ever and its projecting upper end providedwith a handle, a match box u on the top of the upright and provided wita tapered bottom, a cover upon the top of the box rovided with adischarge opening, a vertica match delivery slide arranged for slidingmovement in the upright and having a grooved upper end to travel throughthe match box, the lower portion of the slide being arranged within thecasing and having its extremity bifurcated to receive the free end ofthe lever, a pivot in passing through the lower end of the sli e andlever, and a coil spring fixed at its upper end in the upright andhaving its lower end connected to the lower portion of the slide.

2. The combination of a casing having tu- V soazee bular uprights risingtherefrom, one u right being formed with a cigar opening, a p unger orpush rod slidable in the last mentioned upright, a knife carried by theplunger and a apted to cross said opening, a ever pivot ally connectedto'the lower end of the plunger and fulcrumed at one end within thecasing, a match box at the upper end of the other upright and providedwith a tapered bottom in commumcation with the opening,

in the upright, a cover upon the box, a slide arranged in the box and inthe supporting upright of the latter, said slide having its lower endpivotally connected to the free end of the lever and having its upperend grooved to receive a match and adapted to project through theopening in the cover, and a spring for elevating the free end of thelever.

3. The combination of a casing, a tubular upright rising therefrom, amatch box upon the to of the upright provided with a tapered bottom, acover upon the box formed with an o ening, a grooved match deliveryslide slida adapted to project through the opening in the cover, a leverfulcrumed at one end within the casing and pivotally connected at itsother end to the lower end of the slide, a spring for elevating the freeend of the lever and a plunger or push rod projecting out of the casingfor depressin the lever.

4. The combination 0 a hollow support, a match box thereon provided witha tapered bottom in communication with the o ening in said support, amatch delivery Sllde arranged in the support and the box and of lesslength than the atter, means for operating said slide, a removablefiller member inle in the box and its upright andv serted between oneend of the box and said slide, a pivoted catch for retaining said memberin the box and a removable cover upon the top of the box formed with anopening to receive the slide.

5. The combination of a support, a match 1 box carried thereby andhaving an open top and two of its opposing side walls inclineddownwardly and inwardly to provide a tapered bottom for the box, and itsother two opposing side walls being vertically disposed, a matchdelivery slide arranged to travel through the box and being of lesslength than the same, means for actuating said slide, a removable fillermember or plate in serted in the open top of the box between one of itsvertical sides or ends and said slide, and a cover upon the top of thebox having an opening to receive the'slide.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

. FRED J. AAGLAND. Witnesses:

Tnos. J. KAINE, JOHN F. KELLY, Jr.

